// This config is in the KDL format: https://kdl.dev // "/-" comments out the following node. // Check the wiki for a full description of the configuration: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Introduction environment { QT_QPA_PLATFORM "wayland" DISPLAY null } // Input device configuration. // Find the full list of options on the wiki: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Input input { keyboard { xkb { layout "de" } } // Next sections include libinput settings. // Omitting settings disables them, or leaves them at their default values. touchpad { // off tap // dwt // dwtp // drag false // drag-lock natural-scroll // accel-speed 0.2 // accel-profile "flat" // scroll-method "two-finger" // disabled-on-external-mouse } mouse { // off // natural-scroll // accel-speed 0.2 // accel-profile "flat" // scroll-method "no-scroll" } trackpoint { // off // natural-scroll // accel-speed 0.2 // accel-profile "flat" // scroll-method "on-button-down" // scroll-button 273 // middle-emulation } // Uncomment this to make the mouse warp to the center of newly focused windows. // warp-mouse-to-focus // Focus windows and outputs automatically when moving the mouse into them. // Setting max-scroll-amount="0%" makes it work only on windows already fully on screen. // focus-follows-mouse max-scroll-amount="0%" } // You can configure outputs by their name, which you can find // by running `niri msg outputs` while inside a niri instance. // The built-in laptop monitor is usually called "eDP-1". // Find more information on the wiki: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Outputs // Remember to uncomment the node by removing "/-"! /-output "eDP-1" { // Uncomment this line to disable this output. // off // Resolution and, optionally, refresh rate of the output. // The format is "x" or "x@". // If the refresh rate is omitted, niri will pick the highest refresh rate // for the resolution. // If the mode is omitted altogether or is invalid, niri will pick one automatically. // Run `niri msg outputs` while inside a niri instance to list all outputs and their modes. mode "1920x1080@120.030" // You can use integer or fractional scale, for example use 1.5 for 150% scale. scale 1 // Transform allows to rotate the output counter-clockwise, valid values are: // normal, 90, 180, 270, flipped, flipped-90, flipped-180 and flipped-270. transform "normal" // Position of the output in the global coordinate space. // This affects directional monitor actions like "focus-monitor-left", and cursor movement. // The cursor can only move between directly adjacent outputs. // Output scale and rotation has to be taken into account for positioning: // outputs are sized in logical, or scaled, pixels. // For example, a 3840×2160 output with scale 2.0 will have a logical size of 1920×1080, // so to put another output directly adjacent to it on the right, set its x to 1920. // If the position is unset or results in an overlap, the output is instead placed // automatically. position x=1280 y=0 } // Settings that influence how windows are positioned and sized. // Find more information on the wiki: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Layout layout { gaps 8 // When to center a column when changing focus, options are: // - "never", default behavior, focusing an off-screen column will keep at the left // or right edge of the screen. // - "always", the focused column will always be centered. // - "on-overflow", focusing a column will center it if it doesn't fit // together with the previously focused column. center-focused-column "never" preset-column-widths { proportion 0.33333 proportion 0.5 proportion 0.66667 } // You can also customize the heights that "switch-preset-window-height" (Mod+Shift+R) toggles between. // preset-window-heights { } default-column-width { proportion 0.5; } focus-ring { width 4 active-color "#909636" inactive-color "#161616" } } //spawn-at-startup "waybar" prefer-no-csd screenshot-path "~/screenshot_%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S.png" // Animation settings. // The wiki explains how to configure individual animations: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Animations animations { // Uncomment to turn off all animations. // off // Slow down all animations by this factor. Values below 1 speed them up instead. // slowdown 3.0 } // Window rules let you adjust behavior for individual windows. // Find more information on the wiki: // https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/wiki/Configuration:-Window-Rules // Work around WezTerm's initial configure bug // by setting an empty default-column-width. window-rule { // This regular expression is intentionally made as specific as possible, // since this is the default config, and we want no false positives. // You can get away with just app-id="wezterm" if you want. match app-id=r#"^org\.wezfurlong\.wezterm$"# default-column-width {} } // Open the Firefox picture-in-picture player as floating by default. window-rule { // This app-id regular expression will work for both: // - host Firefox (app-id is "firefox") // - Flatpak Firefox (app-id is "org.mozilla.firefox") match app-id=r#"firefox$"# title="^Picture-in-Picture$" open-floating true } // Example: block out two password managers from screen capture. // (This example rule is commented out with a "/-" in front.) /-window-rule { match app-id=r#"^org\.gnome\.World\.Secrets$"# block-out-from "screen-capture" } binds { F1 { show-hotkey-overlay; } Mod+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open Terminal" { spawn "kitty"; } Mod+Shift+Return hotkey-overlay-title="Open Emacs" { spawn "emacsclient" "-c"; } Mod+Space hotkey-overlay-title="Run an Application: rofi" { spawn "rofi" "-show" "combi"; } Ctrl+Alt+L hotkey-overlay-title="Lock the Screen: swaylock" { spawn "swaylock" "--color" "#000000"; } XF86AudioRaiseVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.1+"; } XF86AudioLowerVolume allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.1-"; } XF86AudioMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-mute" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "toggle"; } XF86AudioMicMute allow-when-locked=true { spawn "wpctl" "set-mute" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@" "toggle"; } Mod+O repeat=false { toggle-overview; } Mod+Shift+Q { close-window; } Mod+h { focus-column-left; } Mod+j { focus-window-down; } Mod+k { focus-window-up; } Mod+l { focus-column-right; } Mod+Shift+h { move-column-left; } Mod+Shift+l { move-column-right; } Mod+Shift+j { move-window-down; } Mod+Shift+k { move-window-up; } Mod+Home { focus-column-first; } Mod+End { focus-column-last; } Mod+Ctrl+Home { move-column-to-first; } Mod+Ctrl+End { move-column-to-last; } //Mod+Shift+Left { focus-monitor-left; } //Mod+Shift+Down { focus-monitor-down; } //Mod+Shift+Up { focus-monitor-up; } //Mod+Shift+Right { focus-monitor-right; } //Mod+Shift+H { focus-monitor-left; } //Mod+Shift+J { focus-monitor-down; } //Mod+Shift+K { focus-monitor-up; } //Mod+Shift+L { focus-monitor-right; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-column-to-monitor-left; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Down { move-column-to-monitor-down; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Up { move-column-to-monitor-up; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Right { move-column-to-monitor-right; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+H { move-column-to-monitor-left; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+J { move-column-to-monitor-down; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+K { move-column-to-monitor-up; } //Mod+Shift+Ctrl+L { move-column-to-monitor-right; } // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window: // Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-window-to-monitor-left; } // ... // And you can also move a whole workspace to another monitor: // Mod+Shift+Ctrl+Left { move-workspace-to-monitor-left; } // ... Mod+Down { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+Up { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+U { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+I { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+Shift+U { move-workspace-down; } Mod+Shift+I { move-workspace-up; } Mod+Ctrl+Page_Down { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Ctrl+Page_Up { move-column-to-workspace-up; } Mod+Ctrl+U { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Ctrl+I { move-column-to-workspace-up; } // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window: // Mod+Ctrl+Page_Down { move-window-to-workspace-down; } // ... // You can bind mouse wheel scroll ticks using the following syntax. // These binds will change direction based on the natural-scroll setting. // // To avoid scrolling through workspaces really fast, you can use // the cooldown-ms property. The bind will be rate-limited to this value. // You can set a cooldown on any bind, but it's most useful for the wheel. Mod+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-down; } Mod+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { focus-workspace-up; } Mod+Shift+WheelScrollDown cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-down; } Mod+Shift+WheelScrollUp cooldown-ms=150 { move-column-to-workspace-up; } Mod+WheelScrollRight { focus-column-right; } Mod+WheelScrollLeft { focus-column-left; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollRight { move-column-right; } Mod+Ctrl+WheelScrollLeft { move-column-left; } // Usually scrolling up and down with Shift in applications results in // horizontal scrolling; these binds replicate that. //Mod+Shift+WheelScrollDown { focus-column-right; } //Mod+Shift+WheelScrollUp { focus-column-left; } Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollDown { move-column-right; } Mod+Ctrl+Shift+WheelScrollUp { move-column-left; } // Similarly, you can bind touchpad scroll "ticks". // Touchpad scrolling is continuous, so for these binds it is split into // discrete intervals. // These binds are also affected by touchpad's natural-scroll, so these // example binds are "inverted", since we have natural-scroll enabled for // touchpads by default. // Mod+TouchpadScrollDown { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.02+"; } // Mod+TouchpadScrollUp { spawn "wpctl" "set-volume" "@DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@" "0.02-"; } // You can refer to workspaces by index. However, keep in mind that // niri is a dynamic workspace system, so these commands are kind of // "best effort". Trying to refer to a workspace index bigger than // the current workspace count will instead refer to the bottommost // (empty) workspace. // // For example, with 2 workspaces + 1 empty, indices 3, 4, 5 and so on // will all refer to the 3rd workspace. Mod+1 { focus-workspace 1; } Mod+2 { focus-workspace 2; } Mod+3 { focus-workspace 3; } Mod+4 { focus-workspace 4; } Mod+5 { focus-workspace 5; } Mod+6 { focus-workspace 6; } Mod+7 { focus-workspace 7; } Mod+8 { focus-workspace 8; } Mod+9 { focus-workspace 9; } Mod+Shift+1 { move-column-to-workspace 1; } Mod+Shift+2 { move-column-to-workspace 2; } Mod+Shift+3 { move-column-to-workspace 3; } Mod+Shift+4 { move-column-to-workspace 4; } Mod+Shift+5 { move-column-to-workspace 5; } Mod+Shift+6 { move-column-to-workspace 6; } Mod+Shift+7 { move-column-to-workspace 7; } Mod+Shift+8 { move-column-to-workspace 8; } Mod+Shift+9 { move-column-to-workspace 9; } // Alternatively, there are commands to move just a single window: // Mod+Ctrl+1 { move-window-to-workspace 1; } // Switches focus between the current and the previous workspace. // Mod+Tab { focus-workspace-previous; } // The following binds move the focused window in and out of a column. // If the window is alone, they will consume it into the nearby column to the side. // If the window is already in a column, they will expel it out. Mod+BracketLeft { consume-or-expel-window-left; } Mod+BracketRight { consume-or-expel-window-right; } // Consume one window from the right to the bottom of the focused column. Mod+Comma { consume-window-into-column; } // Expel the bottom window from the focused column to the right. Mod+Period { expel-window-from-column; } Mod+R { switch-preset-column-width; } Mod+Shift+R { switch-preset-window-height; } Mod+Ctrl+R { reset-window-height; } Mod+F { maximize-column; } Mod+Shift+F { fullscreen-window; } // Expand the focused column to space not taken up by other fully visible columns. // Makes the column "fill the rest of the space". Mod+Ctrl+F { expand-column-to-available-width; } Mod+C { center-column; } // Center all fully visible columns on screen. Mod+Ctrl+C { center-visible-columns; } // Finer width adjustments. // This command can also: // * set width in pixels: "1000" // * adjust width in pixels: "-5" or "+5" // * set width as a percentage of screen width: "25%" // * adjust width as a percentage of screen width: "-10%" or "+10%" // Pixel sizes use logical, or scaled, pixels. I.e. on an output with scale 2.0, // set-column-width "100" will make the column occupy 200 physical screen pixels. Mod+Minus { set-column-width "-10%"; } Mod+Equal { set-column-width "+10%"; } // Finer height adjustments when in column with other windows. Mod+Shift+Minus { set-window-height "-10%"; } Mod+Shift+Equal { set-window-height "+10%"; } // Move the focused window between the floating and the tiling layout. Mod+V { toggle-window-floating; } Mod+Shift+V { switch-focus-between-floating-and-tiling; } // Toggle tabbed column display mode. // Windows in this column will appear as vertical tabs, // rather than stacked on top of each other. Mod+W { toggle-column-tabbed-display; } // Actions to switch layouts. // Note: if you uncomment these, make sure you do NOT have // a matching layout switch hotkey configured in xkb options above. // Having both at once on the same hotkey will break the switching, // since it will switch twice upon pressing the hotkey (once by xkb, once by niri). // Mod+Space { switch-layout "next"; } // Mod+Shift+Space { switch-layout "prev"; } Print { screenshot; } Ctrl+Print { screenshot-screen; } Alt+Print { screenshot-window; } // Applications such as remote-desktop clients and software KVM switches may // request that niri stops processing the keyboard shortcuts defined here // so they may, for example, forward the key presses as-is to a remote machine. // It's a good idea to bind an escape hatch to toggle the inhibitor, // so a buggy application can't hold your session hostage. // // The allow-inhibiting=false property can be applied to other binds as well, // which ensures niri always processes them, even when an inhibitor is active. Mod+Escape allow-inhibiting=false { toggle-keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit; } // The quit action will show a confirmation dialog to avoid accidental exits. Ctrl+Alt+Escape { quit; } // Powers off the monitors. To turn them back on, do any input like // moving the mouse or pressing any other key. Mod+Shift+P { power-off-monitors; } } hotkey-overlay { skip-at-startup }